Water Body Extraction Method Based on ConvNeXt and Dual Feature Extraction Branch by ZHOU Ke, CHANG Ranran, XU Xizhi, MIAO Ru, ZHANG Guangyu, WANG Jiaqian

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A behaviour change intervention promoting physical activity following dysvascular amputation: Protocol for a pilot study. by Crystal MacKay, Diana Zidarov, Brian Chan, Steven Dilkas, Sander L Hitzig, Andresa R Marinho-Buzelli, Amanda L Mayo, Michael W Payne, Amy Schneeberg, Julia O Totosy de Zepetnek, Dalton Wolfe, José Zariffa, Audrey Zucker-Levin, Susan Jaglal, Brittany Pousett, Heather Underwood, William C Miller

“…Secondary measures include patient reported outcome measures of physical activity, mobility, depression, social participation, balance confidence and quality of life. Semi-structured interviews will explore feasibility and acceptability of the intervention to participants and peers.…”
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Peculiarities of Social Functioning of Patients With Vascular Dementia, Complicated by Hallucinator-Paranoid Disorders by Shevchenko-Bitensky K.

“…The study used an integrated approach, which was implemented using the clinical and psychopathological method, supplemented by the use of psychometric scales: Global Assessment Functionally (GAF)); Psychiatric Disability Assessment Schedule – WHO) (DAS)); Bristol’s Activity Dayly Life Scale (BADL)); scale of structured interview “Assessment of the patient’s family support resource”; Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer Disease (BEHAVE -AD)). …”
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Life History Parameters of the Invasive Cotton Mealybug <i>Phenacoccus solenopsis</i> on Tomato at Four Constant Temperatures by Ahlem Harbi, Khaled Abbes, Brahim Chermiti, Pompeo Suma

“…A simulation of population increase and structure under different temperatures over a period of 90 days revealed that the greatest expected population size was at 35 ± 1 °C, with the completion of four overlapping generations. …”
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Fields2Benchmark: An open-source benchmark for coverage path planning methods in agriculture by Gonzalo Mier, Ana María Casado Faulí, João Valente, Sytze de Bruin

“…Outputs are recorded as structured numerical data and visual representations to facilitate detailed analysis. …”
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Incidence and Management of Severe Muscle and Tendon Injuries in Elite Korean Badminton Players: A Focus on Gender-Specific Patterns by Munku Song, Sangcheol Yoo, Kwangnam Kim, Chaofan Chen

“…METHODS This study included 126 athletes aged 19–23 years with an average age of 21.1±1.4 years, providing 135 injury data points (65 male and 70 female). Participants were asked to describe their experiences with muscle and tendon injuries that limited training participation for more than one month during their athletic careers, as well as their post-injury management practices, through structured interviews. …”
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Evaluating the impact of e-registration and mHealth on institutional delivery in hazard-prone areas of Bangladesh: A protocol for a non-randomized controlled cluster trial. by Anika Tasneem Chowdhury, Sabrina Jabeen, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Shams El Arifeen, Ahmed Hossain

“…We will conduct an open-label, two-arm, non-randomized controlled cluster trial for six months and use three hazard-prone areas for intervention and another three hazard-prone areas for control. We will collect data at baseline and end-line of the study period using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Macrocycle‐based differential sensing: Design strategies and applications by Jia‐Hong Tian, Zhe Zheng, Yu‐Chen Pan, Yuefei Wang, Dong‐Sheng Guo

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What do we know about intratumoral functional activity: a scoping review of imaging and intra-surgery results by Ilaria Guarracino, Marta Maieron, Serena D’Agostini, Tamara Ius, Barbara Tomasino

“…We identified 107 papers, but only 24 articles on 1220 patients were included for having reported intratumoral activation data. Within this framework, we aimed to shed light on some issues, including whether i) it is expressed only as fMRI activation within the mass, or whether it impacts on distant areas via functional connectivity, ii) it is found in slow growing tumors such as low grade glioma or also for fast infiltrative processes such as for high grade glioma, and iii) inhomogeneity of the tumor structure and morphological appearance or the tumor histology are key factors determining intratumoral area functionality. …”
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Bi-axial flexural strength of dual-polymerizing agents cemented to human dentin after photo-activation with different light-curing systems by Nadia Malek A. Taher

“…Bi-axial flexural strength was determined using Instron machine. The data was analyzed using two-way ANOVA and Tukey test for comparison. …”
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Мutants of inflorescence development in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by N. I. Dzyubenko, E. A. Dzyubenko

“…The M. truncatula mutant mtpim has a complicated inflorescence structure resembling panicle-like inflorescence in alfalfa. …”
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Assessment of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use and its complications among pediatric patients at a private tertiary care hospital in Malaysia by Ju Yee Cassandra Low, Palanisamy Sivanandy, Pravinkumar Vishwanath Ingle, Priya Manirajan

“…Pediatric patients under 18 years old who were prescribed NSAIDs were included in the study. Data was collected from the patient’s prescriptions and clinical progress notes. …”
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DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL GAMES IN YOUNG LEARNER EFL CLASSROOMS AT WARTIME IN UKRAINE by Ilona Huszti, Enikő Nagy-Kolozsvári, Márta Fábián

“…Findings revealed that in the current war-torn Ukraine most frequently preference is demonstrated for conventional games which are played within the structured environment of the English classroom. These games were perceived by YLs as a means offering them to alleviate the burdens of everyday stress while simultaneously facilitating lively and engaging peer interaction in English. …”
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Views, feelings, and thoughts of first-time mothers regarding breastfeeding in public: a qualitative study by Aslıhan Aksu, Ruveyda-Sultan Darğın, Gülnisa Küpelikılıç

“…This qualitative descriptive study was conducted using in-depth, semi-structured interviews at Kahramanmaras Sütcü İmam University Health Practice and Research Hospital in Türkiye between May and September 2024. …”
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Disjunct Northern Populations as Reservoirs of Evolutionary Diversity: Insights from the Aesculapian Snake (<i>Zamenis longissimus</i>) by Ivan Rehák, Radka Musilová, Silvia Marková, David Fischer, Petr Kotlík

“…Our study highlights the importance of incorporating genetic data into conservation planning and understanding species’ evolutionary potential. …”
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Development and validation of the S-TIMHSS: a quality metric to inform and evaluate interventions to (re)build trust by Samantha B. Meyer, Jerrica Little, Paul R. Ward, Patrick Brown, Michael Calnan

“…The aim of the present work was to develop a shortened measure of trust in healthcare for use in applied settings.MethodsSurvey data were collected (N = 512; in Sept 2024) to reduce the number of items and to test if the factor structure was consistent with the original TIMHSS. …”
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Personal self-care: Possibilities for constructing a psychological typology by Ryaguzova, Elena Vladimirovna

“…Theoretical analysis allows us to defi ne the subject of self-care in the context of the trinity: I-World, I-Other, I-Myself and to highlight the basic structure of self-care, represented by self-knowledge, self-improvement, self-regulation and self-transformation. …”
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Implementation outcomes of 1-3-7 focus investigation for malaria in a low transmission setting in Southern Province, Zambia: A mixed methods study. by Anne C Martin, Japhet Matoba, Caison Sing'anga, Mukuma Lubinda, Sydney Mweetwa, Xinyue Chen, Ignatius Banda, Busiku Hamainza, Harry Hamapumbu, Edgar Simulundu, William J Moss, Southern and Central Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research

“…Selected outcomes were fidelity, efficiency, feasibility, equity, and acceptability, assessed via program metadata and semi-structured interviews with program personnel. Fidelity was moderate with 61% of cases reported. …”
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Differentially localizing isoforms of the migraine component calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), in the mouse trigeminal ganglion: βCGRP is translated but, unlike αCGRP, not so... by Sofia Lyng Wæver, Kristian Agmund Haanes

“…Lastly, bioinformatical analyses of the primary, secondary, and tertiary structure of the two isoforms were conducted. Results The IHC showed that the key isoform localized within the axons of the mouse TG neurons, is αCGRP and not βCGRP. …”
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Effects of Chestnut Tannin on Nutrient Digestibility, Ruminal Protease Enzymes, and Ruminal Microbial Community Composition of Sheep by Mei Sun, Peinan Liu, Yuanyuan Xing, Meimei Zhang, Yongqiang Yu, Weiyun Wang, Dabiao Li

“…Furthermore, CHT supplementation significantly altered the ruminal microbial community structure. Particularly in the 2% CHT group, the relative abundances of <i>Bacteroidota</i> and <i>Prevotella</i> increased. …”
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